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Keeping the camp kitchen and showers on in peak season

A busy holiday park over summer can have hundreds of people relying on its power. This page is honest about what a single 15 kW system can and cannot cover.

Powered sites add up fast

Every powered caravan site is a socket that might be running a fridge, a jug, a heater and a phone charger. Across dozens of sites, that adds up to far more than 15 kW. Rather than promise to keep every site live, the pilot would focus on the shared amenities that keep a park functioning: the kitchen, the toilet and shower block, the office, the water pump and the lights along the paths at night.

What it would keep running

Amenity block lighting and pumps
Shower hot water
Camp kitchen fridges and hobs
Office, booking system and EFTPOS
Path and car park lighting

The essentials that keep a park safe

Water pumps, toilets and showers matter most when a park is full. Lit paths stop people tripping between tents after dark, and the office needs its phone, EFTPOS and booking system. A camp kitchen with fridges, a few hobs and the hot water cylinder rounds out the core load. That set fits a 15 kW system with the battery handling start-up surges.

Larger parks with a pool heater, a big laundry and many powered sites would need a larger or multi-unit setup sized in the pilot, or a load management plan that sheds powered sites in an outage while keeping the shared block running for everyone.

How it works →

The H2OME loop: an electrolyser splits water into hydrogen, the hydrogen is stored in a tank for weeks, a fuel cell turns it into electricity for your home, and the water returns to the loop.

No generator beside the tents

A diesel generator near a camping area runs through quiet hours and fills the air with exhaust. The fuel cell is quiet and has no engine. It charges on off-peak power and holds hydrogen for weeks. Round trip is 30% or less, so it is not a way to lower the park's power bill, it is a way to keep the basics running.

Questions

Will it keep every powered site live?

Not at a busy park. Powered sites together usually exceed 15 kW. The honest approach is to protect shared amenities and safety loads, and to plan for a larger or multi-unit setup if powered sites must stay on.

Could it power the pool heater?

A pool heat pump is a large, long-running load. It might run when nothing else is drawing much, but it would usually be the first thing shed in an outage.

Where would it be installed?

Away from tent sites and play areas, in a ventilated enclosure. It is designed to AS/NZS 60079 and ISO 19880 and vents automatically if its redundant sensors detect a leak.

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